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Chinese symbol for “nona”

壬
rén
ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān); ninth in order; letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 345°

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nona is 壬 (rén), defined as: ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shí tiān gān); ninth in order; letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 345°; nona.

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Characters and stroke order

壬 rén
9th heavenly stem
radical 33 ⼠ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 壬.

WordPinyinMeaning
壬辰rén chéntwenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072
壬午rén wǔnineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062
壬申rén shēnninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052
壬戌rén xūfifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042
壬寅rén yínthirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022
壬子rén zǐforty-ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.